Six ethanol companies alleging in a lawsuit Archer Daniels Midland manipulated the market have until Wednesday to file a response to ADM's motion to dismiss the case, reports Progressive Farmer.
In November, Wisconsin producers United Wisconsin Grain Producers, Didion Ethanol, Ace Ethanol, Fox River Valley Ethanol, Badger State Ethanol and Iowa producer Pine Lake Corn filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois in Urbana.
There are three other similar lawsuits pending in the same court, including a complaint filed by Omaha-based Green Plains Inc.
In January, ADM argued in its dismissal motion the cases involving producers suing producers don't qualify as an antitrust case.
